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Boxwood hebe
Hebe odora - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8751.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Genus:
Hebe
Species:
H. odora
Binomial name
Hebe odora
(Hook.f.) Cockayne
Synonyms
  • Hebe anomala (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne
  • Hebe buxifolia (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
  • Veronica anomala J.B.Armstr.
  • Veronica buxifolia Benth.

Hebe odora, the boxwood hebe or mountain-box, is a plant of the family Plantaginaceae, which is endemic to North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and Auckland Island of New Zealand. It is upright, rounded, evergreen shrub, reaching 1 m in height, with glossy green, spear-shaped leaves that are 1.5 cm long. Flowers are white.

Images for kids

  • Veronica odora-Botany of Antarctica-PL041-0087

    'Veronica odora' from the Flora of Lord Auckland and Campbell's Islands by Walter Hood Fitch, 1844

  • Veronica odora kz01

    Hebe odora in Dunedin Botanic Garden by Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 2017

  • Aphidoidea - 001

    Aphidoidea by Joymaster, 2007

  • Leaf-rolling weevil nest

    Leaf-rolling weevil nest by Madugrero, 2020

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